Our good Canadian friends often ask how the Stacey Burns murder case is coming as they are well aware of the long time I’ve been working on Murder in a Small Town: The Tragic Death of Stacey Burns.
Lately, they have been asking an additional rhetorical question about our country, phrased something like this: What in the world is going on down there?
As just an ordinary citizen, I can only answer both questions from my limited perspective, and certainly not a powerful one.
First, how is the Stacey Burns murder case coming? Who knows? I can only admit to being embarrassed that the New Hampshire State Police and Attorney General’s Office, with all their resources, cannot make an arrest in a small town murder case which began over seven years ago. We no longer live in the state but did for forty years and we do feel an allegiance to its honor. However, the fact that the killer of Stacey Burns remains free is an embarrassment to me when I try to explain why this is true. It would seem that law enforcement should be feeling at least slightly embarrassed by their failure to have this case closed.
Second, What in the world is going on down there? This, of course, is a reference to the “campaign” for the presidency. To this question, I can only answer that I am ashamed. My pride in my country is fierce, but I am ashamed that supposed leaders or wannabe leaders are unable to observe basic rules of common courtesy, in debates and in other avenues of discourse. I am ashamed that one candidate states that he doesn’t read, getting his news from television, when that same candidate rails against the biased electronic media and slanted news coverage on that medium. I am ashamed that the incredibly complex issues facing the country and the world are simplified into one line sound bites, barely addressed or ignored altogether.
Feeling embarrassed and ashamed is not comfortable, but I have no other answer for our friends from the north. I surely wish I did. The people of Wolfeboro, America, and the world deserve better than we are getting right now on seemingly all fronts.
Sorry for the soap box rant!
Duke
Good rant!
Yes, it is a good rant. I think it is up to the masses to solve most of the issues we as a county are facing. The politicians certainly are not up to the task. They recognize one issue: themselves.
Has anyone thought to themselves that, the State Police and local politicians are stonewalling this investigation? Sure wouldn’t want their names coming up? Would they?
I’m not embarrassed or ashamed. The N.H. major crimes unit (except for Roland slipping up and telling me too much) (and Gilbert accusing me of murder) has handled Stacey’s case by the book. And American citizens make me proud by accepting anyone else in this election besides a Bush or a Clinton. The police aren’t the problem (it’s the gov, and ag) and us deplorable’s are not the problem either. The institutions set up by our founders are only as good as the people in them. The people in our state house and in Washington are bad people, very bad people. By blaming the police and us redeemable’s your playing into their hands. The past eight years have been pretty unbelievable. Believe them or your gonna get more of it. I like to think of Stacey as stuck between this life and the next but it’s ok because she needed the time to watch her babies grow up and fat,bloated Eddie is just a coke fueled heart attack away from going straight to hell, in which time Stacey will go to heaven. I put my trust in my God but I’ll be proud to vote for TRUMP !!!